Black Wine

From: New Jersey
Genre: Psych rock, Punk, Indie, Grunge
For Fans Of: Mudhoney, Jesus Lizard, Dinosaur Jr., Pale Angels (just look at that tie in!)

Seeing as I just posted about a Mikey Erg band, I felt that it was only fair to post another band from a different Erg, Jeff Erg (I'd post Joey's band, but Joey is in The Night Birds, and I'm pretty sure everybody knows them at this point). Black Wine is a unique mix of a lot of different styles, with their truly only consistent quality being a little bit of crunch and fuzz on the guitars. They take influence from the grunge and indie movements in the 90's, and kind of flucuate between those two sounds, often blending them. There is definitely a strong underlying pop punk influence similar to Ergs songs where Jeff did vocals instead of Mikey. Personally, I always loved Jeff's vocals and was really stoked hearing him take much larger of a vocal role in this band. You can't really download any of their stuff off of bandcamp for whatever reason, but they're definitely worth a listen. No idea if they're active or inactive at this point, but let's really hope for active. ("Pushing through the foam" is a fantastic song, and the video for it is highly recommended as a starting point for this band).

Tunes: https://blackwine.bandcamp.com/album/summer-of-indifference

Pale Angels

From: England/United States
Genre: Noise rock, Noise pop, Psych rock
For Fans Of: Dinosaur Jr., The Deer Hunter, Perfect Pussy

Despite my deep rooted hatred for modern, warped tour-core pop punk, I secretly have a very sincere love for pop punk that is done well and doesn't make me want to shoot myself in the face. This hidden love for pop punk is what lead me to love and obesses over the Ergs, and more importantly, their ever active drummer/front man, Mikey Erg. Almost everyone knows of Mikey Erg, as he plays in just about every god damn band ever, and most, if not all of those bands, absolutely rule. As one of his bands that rule, is Pale Angels, a noise rock band consisting of two members from England, and him from the U.S. The band delivers a punk fueled noise rock/noise pop sound, dousing all the songs in sweet, sweet, thick, layers of fuzz. Every song on this record is an absolute gem, instantly memorable and forcing you to think of such noise rock/indie giants as Dinosaur Jr.. It really is difficult to sum up this album, so just check it out and give it a listen for yourself, and make sure to keep an eye out for their record coming later this year, as this record was criminally underrated when it originally came out. (P.S. if these guys are ever in the states again, go see them. I had the pleasure of seeing them and they're all the best guys and put on one totally deafening/amazing performance). 

Tunes: https://paleangelsband.bandcamp.com/album/primal-play

Sun Voyager

From: New York
Genre: Psych Rock, Noise rock, fuzzy goodness
For Fans Of: Together Pangea, The Black Lips

Do you like your music fuzzy? Do you like it mellow and obviously under the influence of some weed (or other substances)? Then Sun Voyager is the band for you! From somewhere in New York, these guys provide fuzzy, punky music heavily reminiscent of such bands as Together Pangea and The Black Lips, only with even more fuzz. Don't be fooled, however, as under all that fuzz lie guitar riffs that are laid on thick and bluesy, providing a nice crunch to the sound. This band should be on the radar of every good fan of stoner musics radar, as they will hopefully be around for awhile and keep kicking out the jams while they are.

Tunes:https://sun-voyager.bandcamp.com/album/lazy-daze